Card - Freecell & Hearts

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Freecell & Hearts

Katie

2005-01-30, 6:49 am

When I try to play Hearts or Freecell, I get the message:
An error has occurred......... then whenI click on close, I get: the
Illegal Operation error message. Solitare has an icon on my desktop so it
still works.

Elmo

2005-01-31, 6:50 am

Katie wrote:

quote:

>
> When I try to play Hearts or Freecell, I get the message:
> An error has occurred......... then whenI click on close, I get: the
> Illegal Operation error message. Solitare has an icon on my desktop so it
> still works.

Try one of these free online virus scans:

This one has a choice of a Quick or a Complete check
http://www.pcpitstop.com/

Symantec
http://security.symantec.com/defaul...id=ie&venid=sym

<url:http://security2.norton.com/us/home...XIBVEMBQAUWZKTK>
then click the Security check link.

http://housecall.antivirus.com/ free online virus scan

A few causes of Solitaire, Free Cell, and other games failing:

- MSKB articles:
General Protection Fault When Starting Microsoft Solitaire
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;237900

Problems Running FreeCell And Solitaire with Office XP Installed
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;304402

Solitaire Caused General Protection Fault in Module ...
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...kb;en-us;234430

The display is corrupted as soon as you run FreeCell
http://support.microsoft.com/suppor...s/q106/7/15.asp

FreeCell Stops Responding When You Click Undo
http://support.microsoft.com/suppor...s/q195/9/42.asp

MSKB search for Freecell:
http://search.microsoft.com/search/...-us&qu=freecell

- Try uninstalling, then re-installing FreeCell from Add/Remove
programs, Windows Setup, Accessories, Games.

- Pwatch. Remove it, or end the task when attempting to run Freecell.

- "It was a piece of software sent by my ISP (Freeserve) to upgrade my
account to AnyTime. If I press C/A/D and disable its ATdialler, FreeCell
works."

- "Free Cell was locking up until, by reading a message on this
Newsgroup. I turned off IMGICON.EXE on the Start Menu
(Control/Alt/Delete). By instruction from Iomega, after trying updated
download for the Iomega Zip drive, I did a search for IMGICON.EXE and
deleted it. All Works fine now."

- Please visit http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/solitair.htm

- Press Ctrl/Alt-Delete, click Point32 to highlight, and click End
Task. You may lose mouse acceleration and scrolling selections till you
reboot. Try using this method on other tasks running too till you find
the one that is causing the problem. 4dmain.exe file (Pilot Mouse
Program) is another.

- Anti virus software conflicts. Firewalls.
Example:

- "Have you also installed McAfee VirusScan's latest version?
Malfunctioning in Freecell and Solitaire is a known problem for them,
and they suggest a solution on their site."

- AVG does the same thing.. Disable before you start the game.

- Slow Spider Solitaire:

- Pop Up stoppers.

- Cookie Crushers.

- PGP.

- Mouse pointers.. Use default, or less-active pointers.

- DirectX or Graphics problem.. Run DXDiag to check for uncertified
drivers, etc.. Update drivers or disable some graphics features.

- You might press Ctrl/Alt-Delete and disable all programs except
Explorer and systray as a test. If Solitaire then works, use the
process of elimination to find out which software package is causing the
problem.

- IE 6.

- Iomega zipdisk program conflict with IE6. An article:

- "..a post on here a couple of weeks ago that suggested that this has
to do with a Iomega Zip disk file that you have running. IMGICON.EXE
This is loaded from the StartUp folder as Zip Disk Icons. (or it was on
my PC) Hit Ctrl/Alt-Del and see if it's running."

- Cleansweep's usage monitor. Disable.

- Freecell FAQ
http://home.swipnet.se/staffan/fcfaq.htm

- Error: "FREECELL.EXE has caused a general protection fault in
CARDS.DLL" when running FreeCell after installing CleanSweep:
http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPOR...89?OpenDocument
or
http://snipurl.com/64lx

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+Elmo_Tech
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